indignus
Ido
Verb
indignus
- conditional of indignar
Latin
Etymology
From in- + dignus (“worthy”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪnˈdɪŋ.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [in̪ˈd̪iɲ.ɲus]
Adjective
indignus (feminine indigna, neuter indignum, comparative indignior, superlative indignissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- unworthy of, undeserving of (with ablative)
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.17:
- Populi Romani maiestate et superioribus victoriis indigna
- Undeserving of the majesty and former victories of the Roman people
- Populi Romani maiestate et superioribus victoriis indigna
- unbecoming
- shameful
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | indignus | indigna | indignum | indignī | indignae | indigna | |
| genitive | indignī | indignae | indignī | indignōrum | indignārum | indignōrum | |
| dative | indignō | indignae | indignō | indignīs | |||
| accusative | indignum | indignam | indignum | indignōs | indignās | indigna | |
| ablative | indignō | indignā | indignō | indignīs | |||
| vocative | indigne | indigna | indignum | indignī | indignae | indigna | |
Antonyms
Descendants
References
- “indignus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “indignus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "indignus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- indignus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be discontented, vexed at a thing; to chafe: aegre, graviter, moleste, indigne ferre aliquid
- monstrous: o facinus indignum! (Ter. Andr. 1. 1. 118)
- to be discontented, vexed at a thing; to chafe: aegre, graviter, moleste, indigne ferre aliquid
- Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.